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Tanach – The Torah, the Prophets and the Hagiographa

This page is an unfinished translation and expansion from the Hebrew page, תורה, נביאים וכתובים. Bold text on this page indicates what content appears in the Hebrew page.

Exodus

• "Go and gather the elders of Israel and say to them: 'Hashem, the G-d of your forefathers, has appeared to me – the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob – saying: 'I have surely remembered you and what was done to you in Egypt.' " (3:16)
• "They [the elders] will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall come to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, 'Hashem, the G-d of the Hebrews, happened upon us....' " (3:18)
• "And you will discern [prophetically, through Ruach HaKodesh – Rashi] from all the people men of valor who fear G-d, men of truth who hate money; and you shall set over them leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens." (18:21)
• "They [the leaders] will judge the people at all times...." (18:22)
• "Moses listened to his father-in-law's voice and he did everything that he had said." (18:24) Until Moses implemented Yitro's suggestion to set up sub-courts within Israel, he handled the entire nation's questions himself, an extremely time-consuming job.
• "Moses chose men of valor from all of Israel and gave them [authority to] lead the people: leaders of thousands, leaders of hundreds, leaders of fifties, and leaders of tens." (18:25)
• "They [the leaders] judged the people at all times...." (18:26)
• "Moses took the people out from the camp to receive G-d and they stood at the bottom of the mountain." (19:17)
• "And He said to Moses: 'Come up to Hashem – you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel – and you shall prostrate yourselves from a distance.' " (24:1)
• "He took the Book of the Covenant, and he read in the ears of the people, and they said: 'We will do and we will listen to everything that Hashem said!' " (24:7)
• "Hashem said to Moses: 'Write for yourself these words, because according to these words I have sealed a covenant with you and with Israel.' " (34:27)

I, Raymond Chaim Leib Halbert, certify that the above translations from Exodus are my own work, and I hereby release them to the public domain.